Safety Manager

Industrial Manufacturing Facility | Full-Time

The Safety Manager leads and oversees all aspects of workplace health and safety within a large, continuous‑operation manufacturing environment. This role ensures regulatory compliance, reduces operational risk, and strengthens a proactive safety culture across a 24/7 industrial facility. The Safety Manager partners with site leadership, supervisors, and frontline employees to drive safe work practices and continuous improvement.

• Participate in daily operational and leadership discussions to integrate safety into production activities
• Lead recurring workforce safety meetings with a focus on compliance, training, and risk awareness
• Maintain a strong on‑site presence, engaging regularly with employees across all shifts
• Manage incident reporting, tracking, and follow‑up using standardized safety management systems
• Prepare and present routine safety performance reports, including observations, corrective actions, and incident trends
• Provide safety leadership during scheduled maintenance outages, including audits, inspections, and hazard verifications
• Serve in rotating leadership coverage to support facility operations and gain comprehensive operational understanding
  
  

• Develop, implement, and continually improve site safety programs in alignment with regulatory and corporate standards
• Lead hazard identification activities including risk assessments, job safety analyses, and equipment safeguarding reviews
• Act as the site technical authority for safety compliance, applying applicable federal, state, and industry standards
  
  

• Oversee core safety programs such as energy control, machine safety, confined spaces, work at height, contractor safety, and mobile equipment safety
• Ensure high‑risk activities are managed through standardized controls and critical risk principles
• Coordinate industrial hygiene initiatives, ergonomics programs, and injury/illness prevention efforts
  
  

• Promote a culture of personal accountability, employee involvement, and shared responsibility for safety
• Facilitate employee participation through safety committees, observation programs, and field‑based coaching
• Design and deliver safety training to improve hazard recognition and decision‑making
  
  

• Lead incident investigations to identify root and system causes
• Develop, track, and verify corrective and preventive actions to prevent recurrence
• Share lessons learned across the organization to promote continuous learning
• Analyze leading and lagging safety indicators and report trends to leadership
• Coordinate emergency preparedness, response planning, and drills
  
  

• Identify and recommend equipment, process, and capital improvements to reduce safety risk
• Monitor regulatory updates, industry best practices, and emerging safety technologies
• Champion principles of human performance, learning‑based accountability, and just culture
  
  

• Bachelor's degree in occupational safety, engineering, or a related technical field
• 5 years of progressive safety leadership experience in manufacturing or heavy industrial operations
• Professional safety certification (CSP, ASP, or equivalent) strongly preferred
• Expert knowledge of occupational safety regulations and consensus standards
• Proven ability to lead safety programs in a continuous, multi‑shift operating environment
• Strong leadership, coaching, and communication skills across all organizational levels
• Demonstrated experience using metrics, audits, and data to drive safety performance
  
  

• Background in high‑hazard or process‑driven industrial environments
• Experience managing contractor safety and outage‑related risk
• Strong technical writing, presentation, and training development capabilities
  
  

• Visible and engaged safety leadership
• Commitment to employee well‑being
• Ability to build trust and influence at all levels
• Focus on learning, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Proven success embedding safety as a core organizational value